Phonological Awareness Development

Phonological Awareness Skill Sequence


Skill Example Typically Mastered

Word Isolating words in sentence	She/ is/ a/ good/ player.	Preschool
Rhyme Recognition Production	Does glass rhyme with pass What rhymes with blue	Preschool Kindergarten
Syllable Blending Segmentation Deletion	pan + cake = pancake swim/suit Say hotdog without hot	Preschool Kindergarten Kindergarten
Phoneme Isolation of initial/final sound Blending Complete segmentation	What is the first sound in fox What am I saying? f- ence What are the sound in bag	Kindergarten 1st grade 1st grade
Manipulation of sounds Addition Deletion	Add /t/ to an Say meat without /m/ Say play without /p/ Say play without /l/	Kg-1st grade 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade
Substitution	Say yard and instead of /y/ say /h/	1st-3rd grade
Transposition	wristwatch becomes watchwrist Spot to stop What is changing each time?	1st-3rd grade

Adapted from: Phonological Awareness for Speech/Language Pathologist and their Educational Partners
By: Louisiana Department of Education, Cecil J. Picard
https://www.doe.state.la.us/lda/uploads/4630.pdf